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Inside the Strategy Room

McKinsey & Company

We talk with McKinsey partners and corporate executives on the challenges they face creating lasting strategies in a fast-changing world. We also examine the different ways these executives approach these challenges and the new and innovative ways they think of creating a vision for their enterprises.

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61. Purpose and the future for capitalism

Inside the Strategy Room ·

2020/09/29

Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 30:24) > We hear from two award-winning American economists about how capitalism and corporate purpose could evolve to more broadly benefit society, especially in this current time of crisis. Yuval Atsmon, a senior partner in our London office, spoke with professor Anne Case and Nobel prize winner, Angus Deaton, about their new book, ‘Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism’. Their book, which has

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60. The Committed Innovator: Kellogg’s Nigel Hughes

Inside the Strategy Room ·

2020/09/23

Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 30:15) > Nigel Hughes, head of R&D and Innovation at Kellogg Company, speaks with Stacey Haas, who heads up McKinsey’s Consumer Innovation practice, and Erik Roth, who leads McKinsey’s innovation work globally. Hear Nigel’s perspective on the evolution of the CPG industry’s approach to innovation and how Kellogg itself is being solution-based and partnering with other organizations in its pursuit of

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59. The CEO moment. Episode 2

Inside the Strategy Room ·

2020/09/23

Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 13:52) > Today we'll cover the two remaining shifts CEOs are making in this moment; embracing stakeholder capitalism and leveraging peer networks. Sharing their insights on this topic with us today are Carolyn Dewar who co-leads our CEO Excellence work, and Monica Murarka who is a senior expert and leader also of the McKinsey’s CEO Excellence work. We are also joined by Kurt Strovink, the leader of

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58. The CEO moment. Episode 1

Inside the Strategy Room ·

2020/09/21

Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 22:19) > The COVID-19 crisis has put CEOs and the organizations they lead under great pressure. At the same time, it has provided a once-in-a-generation opportunity for chief executives to evolve the nature and impact of their role. The authors of a McKinsey Quarterly article, “The CEO moment: Leadership for a new era,” describe the shifts that top-performing CEOs have taken in how they lead—changes that

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57. Why you need to keep changing your company’s...

Inside the Strategy Room ·

2020/09/17

Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 24:15) > One of the perennial questions corporate leaders ask is which businesses their company should be in.Our recent article, “Why you’ve got to put your portfolio on the move,” suggests that regularly changing the portfolio mix in response to market trends is the surest path to outperformance. During our European M&A conference in London, which took place earlier this year, two of the article’s authors

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56. Corporate purpose, during crisis and beyond

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2020/08/27

Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 27:59) > In this episode we present a panel discussion on how companies are using corporate purpose to guide their response to the COVID-19 crisis and the nascent recovery. Bruce Simpson, a McKinsey senior partner and co-author of the recent article, “Demonstrating corporate purpose in the time of coronavirus,” talks with four senior executives who have firsthand experience of establishing and driving

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55. Growth through a downturn

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2020/07/31

Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 25:34) > For many business leaders wrestling with the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic, growth may seem like a distant priority. However, once the health of employees is protected and the business is secured, many executives will quickly shift their focus to restarting the stalled growth engine. A recent McKinsey.com article reports that only one in ten companies manage to outperform on growth both

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54. Innovation in a crisis

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2020/07/10

Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 32:03) > As companies focus on navigating through the COVID-19 pandemic, many are putting innovation on the back burner. But as two of McKinsey’s top experts on innovation explain, these organizations may miss out on rare opportunities to reinvent their businesses for the post-crisis era. We hear from Laura Furstenthal who leads our innovation practice in North America, serving clients in a range of

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53. Culture in M&A

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2020/07/01

Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 15:38) > Among the many factors companies weigh when embarking on mergers and acquisitions, culture is one that often gets short shrift. Yet it often plays a crucial role in a deal’s success or failure. In this episode Becky Kaetzler, a leader in McKinsey’s M&A practice, explains how to conduct cultural due diligence to help ensure a deal fulfills its goals.Join 90,000 other members of our LinkedIn

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52. The Committed Innovator: Investor Kevin O’Leary

Inside the Strategy Room ·

2020/06/25

Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 29:55) > In this episode Erik Roth, who leads McKinsey’s global innovation practice, interviews Kevin O’Leary as part of our ongoing series on innovation. The Canadian entrepreneur, best known as one of the investors featured on the American reality TV series Shark Tank, shares his bets on innovation’s next frontier.Join 90,000 other members of our LinkedIn community:

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51. Choosing the right path to unlock the economy

Inside the Strategy Room ·

2020/06/18

In this episode we try to answer two urgent questions: how should governments approach the different possible paths to reopening their economies? And what is needed to spur businesses and consumers to start spending again? Two McKinsey senior partners who have been deeply involved in helping companies navigate the coronavirus pandemic discuss the current uncertainty and its impact on economic recovery. Penny Dash leads the healthcare systems and services practice in Western Europe while Sven Smit

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50. Transformation and resilience: An interview with...

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2020/06/15

Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 43:54) > Hubert Joly, the former CEO and now executive chairman of Best Buy, speaks with Becca Coggins, a leader in McKinsey’s global retail practice, about Best Buy’s organizational transformation and how the coronavirus pandemic is changing the key measures of performance.This interview was recorded at the 2020 Global Business Leaders Forum, which was held online.Join 90,000 other members of our LinkedIn

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49. Planning ahead of the crisis

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2020/06/12

Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 31:54) > The coronavirus outbreak is shaping up to be the biggest economic crisis since World War II. The challenges associated with the virus are much larger than companies are used to dealing with, and firms need to have an adaptable operating model that can withstand an extraordinary level of uncertainty. How can companies adjust their business recovery responses according to the shifting

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48. Navigating unprecedented disruption

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2020/06/10

Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 29:32) > In early April we sat down with two leaders from the McKinsey Global Institute to discuss their perspectives on how the long-term, structural trends driving global disruption are now intersecting with the current economic and health crisis. Jonathan Woetzel is a senior partner and director of the McKinsey Global Institute. He joined us from his home in the Los Angeles area. Susan Lund is a partner

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47. Making your business transformation stick

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2020/06/04

Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 27:58) > In this episode, McKinsey contributor Cam MacKellar talks with two senior partners, Chris Bradley and Wesley Walden, about their research on improving the results of business transformation efforts.Join 90,000 other members of our LinkedIn community: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/mckinsey-strategy-&-corporate-finance/See www.mckinsey.com/privacy-policy for privacy information

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46. Protecting our lives and our livelihoods from...

Inside the Strategy Room ·

2020/06/01

Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 30:21) > The COVID crisis has dominated headlines - and our lives - and it’s still not clear when and how we will return to the world we knew. Many questions remain. How will communities, businesses, and governments continue to respond to the crisis and what are the range of possible scenarios for decision makers to consider?To offer some perspective on these questions we feature a recent conversation

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45. The war on the coronavirus

Inside the Strategy Room ·

2020/05/29

Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 41:24) > McKinsey partner Yuval Atsmon talks with three top US Air Force and Navy leaders about what corporate executives can learn from the practices of military commanders. Michael Donley served as the 22nd secretary of the United States Air Force. He has 30 years of experience in the national security community, including service on the staffs of the United States Senate, White House, and Pentagon

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44. Four ways to assess projects and keep them on track

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2020/05/27

Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 37:07) > Biases can lead executives to misjudge project potential, ignore potential pitfalls, and leave failures to fester. In this episode, McKinsey partner Tim Koller and University of Sydney professor of business strategy Dan Lovallo speak with McKinsey Strategy & Corporate Finance communications director Sean Brown about how to bust common biases by avoiding snap judgements, eliciting strong arguments

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43. CFO leadership in the COVID-19 crisis

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2020/05/15

Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 22:12) > As companies craft their responses to the COVID-19 crisis, CFOs are in the thick of the action. They need to make sure that their organizations weather the immediate business shocks while preparing them to emerge from the crisis in the best possible shape.In this episode of the Inside the Strategy Room podcast, Strategy and Corporate Finance communications director Sean Brown talks with three of

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42. Cash preservation in response to COVID-19

Inside the Strategy Room ·

2020/05/08

Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 27:05) > During the COVID-19 crisis, a core priority for many companies is preserving cash. In this episode, Strategy and Corporate Finance communications director Sean Brown talks with three of McKinsey’s corporate finance experts about the best ways to ensure liquidity now and manage cash and working capital as the business environment starts to stabilize. Kevin Carmody is one of the founders of

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